Breakdown of Ta profession actuelle te plairait moins si tu n'avais pas fait ce choix.
tu
you (informal singular)
avoir
to have
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
ce
this (before a noun)
faire
to do, to make
ton
your (ton, ta, tes)
moins
less / to (time)
le choix
the choice
si
if
te
you, yourself (object pronoun)
plaire
to please, to be liked by
la profession
the profession (formal occupation)
actuel
current
Questions & Answers about Ta profession actuelle te plairait moins si tu n'avais pas fait ce choix.
Why do we use the present conditional (plairait) and the plus-que-parfait (avais fait) together here?
This is a mixed conditional. We are talking about a condition that happened in the past (si tu n'avais pas fait ce choix, meaning if you had not made that choice back then) that has a result happening right now in the present (ta profession te plairait moins, meaning your job would please you less today).
Is actuelle a false friend here?
Why is the verb conjugated as plairait with an -t instead of -s if the pronoun te is right in front of it?
The subject of the verb is Ta profession actuelle (which is a third-person singular 'it' or elle), so the ending is -t. The te is an indirect object pronoun meaning 'to you' (literally: your current profession would be less pleasing to you).
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